Month September 2020
In what has not previously been seen before in Israel, Chareidi women staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon. The Hafganah was held outside the home of Minister Aryeh Deri in Haf Nof, Jerusalem. The women are blaming Deri for the… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It is Erev Yom Hadin. We are busy with seemingly mundane things; showering the children and wiping the kitchen floor. Putting away the pots, taking out a baking pan, back to the store for more challos, setting the timer… Continue Reading →
It is Erev Yom Hadin. We are busy with seemingly mundane things; showering the children and wiping the kitchen floor. Putting away the pots, taking out a baking pan, back to the store for more challos, setting the timer for… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS/Caroline Glick)- Attending the White House signing ceremony on Tuesday of the Abraham Accords—which normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—was both moving and jarring. Standing at the South Lawn, just meters from the Rose… Continue Reading →
Companies seeking relief from President Donald Trump’s taxes on imported steel and aluminum ran into long delays and cumbersome paperwork, a federal watchdog found. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that the Commerce Department, overwhelmed by companies lobbying to avoid… Continue Reading →
Dear Friends around the Globe, This Elul, merit the unshakable Bracha of the venerable Tzadik of Jerusalem, Harav Hagaon Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz Shlita, who personally visited R’ Dovid and said: “Whoever will donate generously to Rav Dovid Frid (Father of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court sentenced a young man on Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison for his role in the 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents in the West Bank village of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – More than one in 10 American adults under 40 believes that Jews caused the Holocaust. That’s one finding from a survey published Wednesday trying to gauge Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Generation Z, a cohort ranging in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – A drug company says that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug give hints that it may help mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients from needing to be hospitalized, a goal no current coronavirus… Continue Reading →
After each shofar blast, we say “Hayom haras olam, hayom yaamid bamishpat kol yetzurei olamim — today is the day of the word’s creation, today all of the world’s creations… Read more » The post The Birthday of the World… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs (the “Division”) announced today that a discount car rental company operating out of Newark and JFK Airports has agreed to pay $80,000 in penalties, enter binding arbitration to resolve… Continue Reading →
It is said that one Shabbos, Harav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivah Torah Ore, Yerushalayim, mysteriously made a kiddush. At the kiddush, someone asked him what he was… Read more » The post Sovereignty Reality Check appeared first… Continue Reading →
This should have been the best of times for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He is scheduled to arrive in Washington — in triumph — to sign a historic peace deal… Read more » The post Foreign Minister Netanyahu? appeared first… Continue Reading →
India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages. The world’s second-most… Read more » The post 5M People Infected, India’s Virus… Continue Reading →
The global economy is not doing as bad as previously expected, especially in the United States and China, but has still suffered an unprecedented drop due to the coronavirus pandemic,… Read more » The post Report Finds Global Economic Outlook… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — When billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign in March, he pledged to spend “whatever it takes” to help Democrats defeat President Donald Trump. Less than two months before the election, he’s finally coming through. Facing questions… Continue Reading →
Japan’s Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man. Suga bowed deeply several times when the results were announced, as fellow governing party lawmakers applauded in parliament’s more powerful lower house…. Continue Reading →
Seventy-one percent of Jews in Europe have experienced an anti-Semitic attack, according to a poll conducted by the European Union among young Jews in the continent. The survey was presented… Read more » The post EU Survey: 71% of Jews… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: The most dangerous intersection between Lakewood in Jackson is on the corner of Hope Chapel Road… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Muslim world reacted in most cases indignantly to the UAE-Bahrain-Israel deal, with demonstrations taking place in various cities around the world and commentators lambasting the two Muslim countries for betraying the Palestinian cause. Iranian leader Khamenei… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Satellite images show that smoke from wildfires in the western United States has reached as far as Europe, scientists said Wednesday. Data collected by the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service found smoke from the fires had… Continue Reading →